Persian Sufi poetry : an introduction to the mystical use of classical Persian poems
1997, First Edition. Richmond, Surrey : Curzon. Near fine paperback copy; spine slightly creased. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Item #420821
ISBN: 0700703128
Physical description; vi, 142 pages ; 23 cm. Series; Curzon Sufi series. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 128-133) and index. Contents; 1. Mystical Epigrams. Persian quatrains. The case of Umar-i Khayyam. Baba Tahir Uryan. Shaykh Abu Said. Baba Afzal. The Mukhtar-nama of Attar. Anthologies. Commentaries -- 2. Poems of Abstinence. The qasida in secular and religious poetry. Kisai. Nasir-i Khusrau. Sanai. Sanai's zuhdiyat. Khaqani and other 12th century poets of the qasida. The qasidas of Attar -- 3. Poetry of Love. The theme of love. The ghazal as a prosodic form and as a genre. The ghazal in the history of literature. The scope of ghazal poetry. The ghazal as a mystical poem. Unbelievers and qalandars. A specimen from the ghazal of Hafiz -- 4. Teachers and Story-tellers. The masnavi. Didactical poetry. The masnavi of Sanai. Nizami's Makhzan al-asrar. The masnavis of Attar. Rumi's Masnavi-yi Manavi. Sultan Valad. Sadi's Bustan. Auhadi's Jam-i Jam. Khvaju Kirmani. Gulshan-i raz. Sufi practices. Mystical allegories. The Seven Thrones of Jami. Subjects; Sufi poetry, Persian History and criticism. Sufism in literature. Iranian languages. Mysticism and poetry. Persian poetry History and criticism Early works to 1800. Islam. Islamic stories, Persian. Epigrams.
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